The essence of the Way is detachment.
BODHIDHARMAThe true Way is sublime. It can’t be expressed in language. Of what use are scriptures? But someone who sees his own nature finds the Way, even if he can’t read a word.
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And the Buddha is the person who’s free: free of plans, free of cares.
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People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something, always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons.
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Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.
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If you use your mind to study reality, you won’t understand either your mind or reality. If you study reality without using your mind, you’ll understand both.
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The Dharma is the truth that all natures are pure.
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The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They’re not the Way.
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But while success and failure depend on conditions, the mind neither waxes nor wanes.
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Once you stop clinging and let things be, you’ll be free, even of birth and death. You’ll transform everything.
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The essence of the Way is detachment. And the goal of those who practice is freedom from appearances.
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To give up yourself without regret is the greatest charity.
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To enter by reason means to realize the essence through instruction and to believe that all living things share the same true nature, which isn’t apparent because it’s shrouded by sensation and delusion.
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When you don’t understand, you depend on reality. When you do understand, reality depends on you.
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Someone who seeks the Way doesn’t look beyond himself.
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You can’t know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.
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Many roads lead to the Path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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